In WSJ Limbaugh Blasts 'Contempt in News Business for Conservatives,' It 'Reflects Blind Hatred'

In WSJ Limbaugh Blasts 'Contempt in News Business for Conservatives,' It 'Reflects Blind Hatred'

By Brent Baker (Bio | Archive)
October 16, 2009 - 19:26 ET

Saturday's “Weekend Edition” of the Wall Street Journal will feature an op-ed from Rush Limbaugh, that went online earlier tonight, in which Limbaugh, echoing his on-air observations, outlines how “this spectacle is bigger” than left-wingers trying to keep him out of the NFL. After noting the leading roles of race-hustlers Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson in smearing him as a racist, Limbaugh proposed in his penultimate paragraph:

There is a contempt in the news business, including the sportswriter community, for conservatives that reflects the blind hatred espoused by Messrs. Sharpton and Jackson. “Racism” is too often their sledgehammer. And it is being used to try to keep citizens who don't share the left's agenda from participating in the full array of opportunities this nation otherwise affords each of us. It was on display many years ago in an effort to smear Clarence Thomas with racist stereotypes and keep him off the Supreme Court. More recently, it was employed against patriotic citizens who attended town-hall meetings and tea-party protests.

Earlier in the piece, “The Race Card, Football and Me,” America's most popular talk radio show host called out syndicated Washington Post sports columnist Michael Wilbon and others for “slanders against me” in forwarding fabricated quotes: “Wilbon wasn't alone. Numerous sportswriters, CNN, MSNBC, among others, falsely attributed to me statements I had never made.”

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Specifically: “I never said I supported slavery and I never praised James Earl Ray. How sick would that be? Just as sick as those who would use such outrageous slanders against me or anyone else who never even thought such things. Mr. Wilbon refuses to take responsibility for his poison pen, writing instead that he will take my word that I did not make these statements; others, like Rick Sanchez of CNN, essentially used the same sleight-of-hand.”

An excerpt from “The Race Card, Football and Me: My critics would have you believe no conservative meets NFL 'standards,'” Limbaugh's piece to run in the Saturday/Sunday, October 17-18 Wall Street Journal:

....It didn't take long before my name was selectively leaked to the media as part of the Checketts investment group. Shortly thereafter, the media elicited comments from the likes of Al Sharpton. In 1998 Mr. Sharpton was found guilty of defamation and ordered to pay $65,000 for falsely accusing a New York prosecutor of rape in the 1987 Tawana Brawley case. He also played a leading role in the 1991 Crown Heights riot (he called neighborhood Jews "diamond merchants") and 1995 Freddie's Fashion Mart riot.

Not to be outdone, Jesse Jackson, whose history includes anti-Semitic speech (in 1984 he referred to Jews as "Hymies" and to New York City as "Hymietown" in a Washington Post interview) chimed in. He found me unfit to be associated with the NFL. I was too divisive and worse. I was accused of once supporting slavery and having praised Martin Luther King Jr.'s murderer, James Earl Ray.

Next came writers in the sports world, like the Washington Post's Michael Wilbon. He wrote this gem earlier this week: "I'm not going to try and give specific examples of things Limbaugh has said over the years because I screwed up already doing that, repeating a quote attributed to Limbaugh (about slavery) which he has told me he simply did not say and does not reflect his feelings. I take him at his word."

Mr. Wilbon wasn't alone. Numerous sportswriters, CNN, MSNBC, among others, falsely attributed to me statements I had never made. Their sources, as best I can tell, were Wikipedia and each other. But the Wikipedia post was based on a fabrication printed in a book that also lacked any citation to an actual source.

I never said I supported slavery and I never praised James Earl Ray. How sick would that be? Just as sick as those who would use such outrageous slanders against me or anyone else who never even thought such things. Mr. Wilbon refuses to take responsibility for his poison pen, writing instead that he will take my word that I did not make these statements; others, like Rick Sanchez of CNN, essentially used the same sleight-of-hand....

As I explained on my radio show, this spectacle is bigger than I am on several levels. There is a contempt in the news business, including the sportswriter community, for conservatives that reflects the blind hatred espoused by Messrs. Sharpton and Jackson. "Racism" is too often their sledgehammer. And it is being used to try to keep citizens who don't share the left's agenda from participating in the full array of opportunities this nation otherwise affords each of us. It was on display many years ago in an effort to smear Clarence Thomas with racist stereotypes and keep him off the Supreme Court. More recently, it was employed against patriotic citizens who attended town-hall meetings and tea-party protests.

These intimidation tactics are working and spreading, and they are a cancer on our society.

—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center

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That was a political lynching if I've ever seen one.

October 16, 2009 - 19:44 ET by supercon

I cannot come up with an example of anyone (except Sarah Palin) being so viciously attacked by the oh so progressives in the media.

They lied their asses off and didn't care what the truth was. The purpose was to destroy a man's reputation and that was the all they were trying to do. It was a media hack pig pile. To top it off and put the cherry on the cake was Al (Tawanna Brawley) Sharpton leading the charge on T.V. about inflammatory rhetoric. That from a person who got seven people murdered because he led an angry mob to a protest.

I thought I have seen it all in the last twenty years but the left-wing hack DNC media have shown that there is no limit to how low they will stoop to destroy their political enemies.

Disgusting.

" if Republicans are able to stop Barack Obama on health care, 'it will be his Waterloo, it will break him...." -Sen. Jim DeMint

"of anyone (except Sarah

October 17, 2009 - 02:37 ET by notonmywatch

"of anyone (except Sarah Palin) being so viciously attacked"

How about the 43rd President of the United States?

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I repeat what I've said

October 16, 2009 - 19:46 ET by motherbelt

I repeat what I've said before: it's nothing less than blacklisting, but it's OK because it's done against the "right" (double entendre intended) people.

And they will continue it as long as they can get away with it.

In McCarthy's days, people were told to "out" their associates as Communists, or be punished themselves.

Now, people are forced to go along with a public shunning, decided on by a favored few, or risk having their business or livelihood destroyed.

We haven't come very far, have we? At least in McCarthy's day is was done out of a desire to protect the country. Now it is done in the name of political correctness and forced upon the country by race hustlers who consider themselves the ordained arbiters of sensitivity.

It won't be long

October 16, 2009 - 22:53 ET by richb313

It won't be long before we have our official 10 minutes of HATE. Big Brother is watching. The Thought Police won't be far behind. OOPS too late, they are already here. The P.C. Crowd. The Bereau of Truth, think Wikipedia where content gets changed right before your eyes, and we are supposed to trust it. Double Speak on display daily and now we have all been witness to the 10 Minutes of HATE but it lasted a bit longer.

George Orwell tried to warn us. He knew that when Government has too much power this is inevitable and really cannot be avoided. Human Beings make up any Government and Human Beings can be depended upon to always revert to thier baser instincts unless some moderating force and self discipline is applied.

Well folks, I better start keeping my secret diary because it won't be long, unless some moderating force intervenes, that keeping such a record will be illegal as it does not fit the very carefull Government Approved Narrative.

Am I Paranoid? Maybe just a bit, but when everyone is out to get you maybe being a bit Paranoid is the new normal.

Rush is right...a cancer on

October 16, 2009 - 19:50 ET by bigtimer

Rush is right...a cancer on our society indeed.

Like he said...wait until they go after him next for being selected a judge for the Miss America Pageant...and they will.

Until this is put a stop to by the voices of the American people in unison...millions and millions of us, it will continue to be Censorship 101...

He's just the beginning.

'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart

Right, bt...I had forgotten

October 16, 2009 - 19:56 ET by motherbelt

Right, bt...I had forgotten about that.

They will hound whatever he does, mercilessly, because they have decided that he should not partake of our society, since he doesn't conform to their rules. You gotta wonder, who the hell are these people to decide who gets to be in on a business deal that they have nothing to do with! Did I miss the election of the Tribal Council?

If they could get him thrown off the air, they would. In the absence of that, they will settle for whatever they can get.

Rush is right. The MSM hate

October 16, 2009 - 19:59 ET by bse5150

Rush is right. The MSM hate Conservatives. Their bias cannot be stopped, hence they are losing viewership across the board to FoxNews who is fair and balanced.

BTW, speaking of being hated for your views, I can't wait to buy Palin's book. I am curious to see how she responds to the wildeyed hatred shown to her by the Left.

Good-Evening mb... I

October 16, 2009 - 20:08 ET by bigtimer

Good-Evening mb...

I missed that election of that Tribal Council as well.

O/Soros and ilk kept it secret don't ya know...called out their paid minions to do the work...SRM glad to be the biggest Bully-Pulpit...let alone their own talking heads being speakers as well.

Rush is also right about what they've attempted to do the Tea Party Patriots...same difference.

Racist ect.

It's old, it tiring, it's disgusting...beneath contempt...

I pray this backfires on these rotten ba$tard$ all.

The enemy within..hard at work.

Fairness Docrine invoked however they can get it.

'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart

The reverends of the Democrats

October 16, 2009 - 20:02 ET by CO2Maker

Remember back in the 1980 presidential primary campaign, when GHWB objected to the addition of other candidates to a debate and caused a tense confrontation, Reagan grabbed his microphone and said "I'm paying for this microphone!" Reagan's numbers began to rise, because he stood for a principle (to let other candidates participate) at a debate.

Fast forward to any Democratic presidential campaign featuring Rev. Tawana Sharpyton or Rev. Hymietown Jackson. Did any other Democratic candidate say, "I'm not going to appear with a convicted liar, a riot-inciter, an anti-Semitic bigot"? Nope.

Are either Sharpyton or Jackson invited on to news shows to offer their analyses of topics? Of course (and sadly, that includes Fox).

The media need a major infusion of gonadotropin when it comes to race accountability.

Not just the media....

October 16, 2009 - 20:12 ET by ckc1227

"The media need a major infusion of gonadotropin when it comes to race accountability."

52% of voters elected a man who proudly sat in a racist church for 20 years.

And despite what has transpired in this episode, James Brown was still spreading the Rush slavery slur today on the Medved show.

That is why Ronald Reagan,

October 18, 2009 - 16:49 ET by Kimberly

That is why Ronald Reagan, Ronaldus Maximus, is the greatest president who ever lived. Reagan understood that the conservative voice has to be heard, even if you have to raise your voice to do it.

Rush is Right. And The Left is Wrong.

Frankly, I wish Rush would

October 16, 2009 - 20:19 ET by ckc1227

Frankly, I wish Rush would sue several of these characters/news outlets. No, he wouldn't win, but it would result in a lot of bad publicity for them, plus they'd have to spend money defending themselves that they don't want to spend.

ckc1227,

October 16, 2009 - 20:34 ET by Barker

Seeing how he has hundreds of millions of dollars to do so, Rush can hire a bulldog of an attorney who will grill the sobs on the witness stand.

Example: "Mr. Matthews, did you, or did you not, get a thrill up your leg when you were spreading lies about my client - Mr. Limbaugh?"

I hope he sues, too. (nod to Blonde;)

Even just one public flogging will work wonders

October 16, 2009 - 20:42 ET by CO2Maker

All Rush has to do is to be able to prove, to document, to "source" the fact that he notified a broadcast company or on-air commentator that he did not say certain quotations, and that they subsequently reported that he had said those things. >Bam< Demonstrable reckless disregard of the truth. And he was harmed. No speculative, flabby claims. He was asked to leave the ownership group. There's the damage, and it even has an actual price to it. One or two public floggings and the others will pay a lot more attention.

Rushgate.1

October 16, 2009 - 21:01 ET by tim413

As I have asked previously re the offending members of the sports media - What did they know and when did they know it?

Stop federal judges from foisting their notions of "fairness" on the States. Amend the 14th Amendment! - tim413

Even just one successful lawsuit for slander...

October 17, 2009 - 06:15 ET by Red Jeep

...will work wonders. Successfully sue one newsreader, like Rick Sanchez, and maybe this will end.

Politicized NFL

October 16, 2009 - 20:25 ET by slickwillie2001

The lesson driven home here is that the NFL has been politically corrupted. Let's hope fans think about that when they decide whether to support the NFL. Remember O'Sullivan's first law, -any organization not expressly right-wing in nature, will be taken over by the left wing over time.

slick... Unfortunately...s

October 16, 2009 - 20:37 ET by bigtimer

slick...

Unfortunately...some fans will care...but not enough to make a difference.

I want to know more about Soros being in this little cabal...I hope someone is doing some investigating/legwork.

O'Sullivan spoke wise words of wisdom.

'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart

Strange days indeed

October 16, 2009 - 20:43 ET by Barker

One of Limbaugh's callers said he felt like "Conservatives need not apply".

I found that troubling, to say the least.

Emailed Rush twice

October 16, 2009 - 21:18 ET by mjfitch

I emailed Rush twice and told him he needs to sue them, take them to court, and cut their testicles off.That's if these wusses have any. :-)
I also told him some other things i thought he should do, but i don't think it would fly here :-)

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." -Winston Churchill

I read the column

October 16, 2009 - 21:36 ET by nwahs

I read Rush's account of his martyrdom, now lets examine the Magic Negro song.

First here is the LA Times article that brought up the term "Magic Negro" referring to a well spoken African-American that is nonthreatening to white people who still harbor bigotry, but feel guilty about it. Thats what the article is about. Its about the black man that can appeal to all but the most racist parts of society (Arian Nation type people) and who's demeanor is comfortable enough that he doesn't offend the more ordinary bigotry that is more common in America - simple, ignorant, bigotry. Agree with it, don't agree with it, that's all the article is about.

Now here are the lyrics to the parody song promoted by Rush Limbaugh.

Barack the Magic Negro lives in D.C.
The L.A. Times, they called him that
‘Cause he’s not authentic like me.
Yeah, the guy from the L.A. paper
Said he makes guilty whites feel good
They’ll vote for him, and not for me
‘Cause he’s not from the hood.
See, real black men, like Snoop Dog,
Or me, or Farrakhan
Have talked the talk, and walked the walk.
Not come in late and won!

[refrain]
Oh, Barack the Magic Negro, lives in D.C.
The L.A. Times, they called him that
‘Cause he’s black, but not authentically.
Oh, Barack the Magic Negro, lives in D.C.
The L.A. Times, they called him that
‘Cause he’s black, but not authentically.

Some say Barack’s “articulate”
And bright and new and “clean.”
The media sure loves this guy,
A white interloper’s dream!

But, when you vote for president,
Watch out, and don’t be fooled!
Don’t vote the Magic Negro in –
'Cause — ’cause I won’t have nothing after all these years of sacrifice
And I won’t get justice. This is about justice. This isn’t about me, it’s about justice.
It’s about buffet. I don’t have no buffet and there won’t be any church contributions,
And there’ll be no cash in the collection plate.
There ain’t gonna be no cash money, no walkin’ around money, no phoning money.
Now, Barack going to come in here and –

These lyrics buffoon a jealousy that "authentic" blacks have for Obama, because he talks "white" and its accented by using a white stereotype of a black voice using improper grammar in the song.

They make fun of some of the aberrational reactions of some African-Americans at the prospect of having a candidate that could actually win the Presidency. These lyrics make fun of the people that initially recoiled from Obama because they didn't want to risk investing their hope in another black candidate.

I think the bratty, 13 year old punk, take on this unnatural recoil is just another example of Limbaugh's bratty racial insensitivity.
Isn't it so funny. African-Americans finally have a candidate with a good shot of winning, and they're pulling him down. So funny, that you don't even wonder the reason for such a strange reaction. Just something else to make fun of.

→ Wonder the reason?

October 16, 2009 - 21:38 ET by Cool Arrow

I didn't wonder the reason Al Sharpton felt slighted. After all, it was Joe Biden who dissed him with the "finally an African American who's clean and articulate" (chopped liver, Al?)

And with Jesse Jackson, it was jealousy much deeper (Jessie wanted to cut Obama's nuts out)

For a week or two it was funny and contemporary, but I think the song's play has slipped into the realm of gratuitous use. It's time to quit playing the song.

A trap

October 16, 2009 - 21:48 ET by Unsane

Mr. Limbaugh is in a trap: he keeps playing it because people request it. That, and because people, who do not understand the concept of satire, like n-wwwaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhssssssssssssssssssss, stupidly use it as a way to attack Mr. Limbaugh.

"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)

→ You're right, of course

October 16, 2009 - 22:05 ET by Cool Arrow

I'm doing a search right now for Nwahs' official condemnation of the Ballentine guy.

Don't hold your breath, CW.

October 17, 2009 - 07:26 ET by Newsbusterbrown

Don't hold your breath, CW. Our propagandist troll friend here is not the consistent one.

“There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)

No he keeps playing it because of the term

October 17, 2009 - 10:02 ET by nwahs

He keeps playing it because his audience likes the term "Magic Negro" and he defends the term because a black columnist used it first.

When I defended the innocent use of "tea bagger" stating Chad Peace of reteaparty.com had instigated the term with the headline "tea bag the fools in DC," Cool Arrow showed me the error of my ways. It doesn't matter who coined the term if the term is offensive. Just because a black writer applied it to Obama doesn't mean its right to continue using that term any more than it would be right to continue calling Juan Williams an "Uncle Tom" because a black columnist implied that. It just as wrong as the left justifying the use of "teabaggers" because of one TEA protester instigating the term in one headline.

Now that said, the song doesn't parody the column. The song parodies African-Americans unusual reaction at having an African-American candidate that actually had a chance of winning. They were on new ground, and that is what the song parodies. The song parodies it with age old stereotypes of black people speaking improper English. The song and its portrayal or black speech is just as bigoted as the "Uncle Tom" cartoon of Michael Steele. That too was humor. Racist humor.

The Obsessive Devotion goes on and on and on

October 17, 2009 - 18:13 ET by Unsane

No, n-wwwaaaaahhhhhhhhhsssssssssss. the song parodies the column. You know how I know? One, since I have a mind that can figure out what satire is with very little explanation, I figured it out on my own. Two, Mr. Limbaugh himself explained this. Three, there is a huge level of irony here, and you demonstrate it quite well. You dare NOT go after the L.A. Times for making the statement to begin with. NO!!! You go after your obsessive devotion for quoting someone else!

So, out of curiousity, do you have any ideas at all, or do you just live and breathe to constantly attack Mr. Limbaugh and attack conservatives and attack conservative movements, all the while claiming to be a conservative? Because this obsessive devotion of yours is getting old. If I were Limbaugh I'd put a restraining order on you.

"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)

There nothing wrong with the statement the LA Times made

October 17, 2009 - 19:25 ET by nwahs

You dare NOT go after the L.A. Times for making the statement to begin with. NO!!! You go after your obsessive devotion for quoting someone else!

I don't go after the LA Times for the column, because there is nothing wrong with the column. The column has the premise that there are blacks that make some mildly bigoted people, less nervous and are more acceptable to mildly bigoted people. Whether you agree with the premise or not, its certainly not new nor is it racist.The author uses movie stars to make to his case, as presenting African-Americans as simply Caucasian cultured people with brown skin was an early Hollywood tactic..

The song, however, brings back stereotypical black speech, i.e., speech laden with grammatical errors. Where did that come from? Certainly not the article, so it is not a parody of the article. The only thing gleaned from the article, is the term "Magic Negro" and I suspect Limbaugh was drawn to it like a moth because the term Negro is disliked by African-Americans. Its a term, correct or not, held over from segregation.

Now you can look at it objectively, or hide your head in the sand and try to con the entire country. I believe that's Limbaugh's quest. To con as many people as he can con. I think its the same quest as Michael Jackson was on. To convince people he was mainstream. In Jackson's case, it was because of his strange sexuality. In Limbaugh's case its his racially insensitive, mean spirited, political humor. In both cases its a quest for broad acceptance.

Limbaugh didn't do well this time, and I think he will do worse in 2010 if the GOP doesn't kick him to the curb.

nwahs

October 17, 2009 - 19:41 ET by FeynmanFan

Thanks so much for sharing your opinions, nwahs. It's obvious that nothing anyone here says will change your view on things, so it seems kind of pointless to carry on a conversation with you.

Have a good evening.

"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error. To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson

Once again, satire. Rush

October 18, 2009 - 07:03 ET by Ghostbuster

Once again, satire.

Rush is not using the term magic negro. He is making fun of the concept and the term magic negro.

The song does not contain stereotypical black speech, as you say, it is an impression of Al Sharpton. The concept is that it is Sharpton singing the song. Through a bullhorn. And where is it laden with grammatical errors?

Why am I even typing this? Trolls have heads made of brick.

-Ghostbuster

the nwahs hypocrisy continues.....

October 18, 2009 - 15:18 ET by JWF

Odd. Prior to the election last year, nwahs had no problem with Barack the Magic Negro or Rush Limbaugh. It was only after NewsBusters turned down his request to become a contributing blogger that he got angry and started lying. Just call it nwahs whiny revenge.

Where was nwahs whines about Rush and magic negroes in any of these posts? All of these articles mention the magic negro song. Yet not a peep from the guy that was turned away from blogging for NewsBusters and then got bitter.

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Sincerely,

a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.

An attack on Mr. Limbaugh. So shocking.

October 16, 2009 - 21:45 ET by Unsane

It's a great parody of the L.A. Times, but don't let that stop a "conservative" like you from doing the only thing you know how to do on NB - attack conservatives. Especially attacking your obsessive devotion, Rush Limbaugh.

"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)

Missing the point again, troll

October 18, 2009 - 06:40 ET by Ghostbuster

It's not a white stereotype of a black voice, it's an impression of Al Sharpton. That's why it's shouted through a bullhorn.

The lyrics "buffoon" (did you mean lampoon?) Al Sharpton, Joe Biden (who said Obama was the first "clean" and "articulate" black man to run), and the media for being obsessed with Obama's race, and probably a few others that I am unaware of because I'm missing subtle references. The satire is not limited to the LA Times article mentioned in the song.

The point was, in part, that we don't need a truckload of articles investigating whether Obama is "authentic" or "black enough." The main area of concern for the media should have been, you know, informing the public with information that would be pertinent to choosing the next president.

Rush is poking fun at people who bring race into the equation unnecessarily. The media was awash with talk about how Obama doesn't act black-- he wouldn't actually be the first black president-- that he doesn't have "slave blood" (but Michele does!) Now, right there is the racism on blatant display,
and it isn't coming from Rush. Once again, Rush points out other people's racial hangups and/or hypocrisy and then ends up being called a racist.

And yes, the media was obsessed with race:

http://www.nypost.co...

http://www.timesonli...

http://www.chicagotr...

http://www.latimes.c...

http://newsbusters.o...

http://www.time.com/...

http://www.salon.com...

http://swampland.blo...

-Ghostbuster

I can't help but wonder...

October 16, 2009 - 21:24 ET by traderjames

If he totally anticipated all of this, had a plan going into this week, culminating with the op-ed, Rush happily sitting back and letting the whole thing play out. Look at all the idiots who made fools of themselves and their employers. He's gotta love it.

And his nay-sayers rubbing their hands together with glee, thinking they won. All they did was expose to the world their ignorance and hatred.

Just a thought...

Yep traderjames...I

October 16, 2009 - 21:29 ET by bigtimer

Yep traderjames...I agree.

Rush has played his cards well so far.

It ain't over by a long shot either.

...the fools.

'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart

Two points.

October 16, 2009 - 21:30 ET by buzzyboop

What is amazing about Rush's op-ed piece is his economy of words (only 825), yet he gets his point across most effectively. You'd never have thunk it from someone who talks with us for 3 hours a day. And what a close, indeed a cancer on our society.

Also, Hutch was on with Juan Williams, who subbed for O'Reilly tonight. He was great, and Juan was good as well, letting that idiot who tried to send Juan "back to the porch" last night have it.

Cheers, Frank

Government is the only enterprise in the world which expands in size
when its failures increase. -- DC Circuit Judge Janice Rogers Brown

buzzy... Saw the show as

October 16, 2009 - 21:43 ET by bigtimer

buzzy...

Saw the show as well with Juan and Hutch, Bruce as well.

It was GREAT.

These leftist idiots don't know the fire they've lit.

Are you listening O/Soros....ARE YOU LISTENING?!

Btw...Just for fun I added that last part on in caps in recognition of that Lady Gaga gal...or whoever she is...never heard of her before until the msm keep playing her screech over and over the other day...talk about unsettling.

'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart

Detroit is an example

October 17, 2009 - 04:01 ET by wingnut55

Look at Detroit. Mayor Young did his best to destroy Detroit with his brand of racism. Now, Obama is doing the same for the Nation. But where can people flee to? In Detroit they fled to the suburbs. Now, Detroit has Mayor Bing. His is a businessman and may be able to restore Detroit to it's former glory. But the city council will try to stop him. I believe that the city will continue going down until all that's left is the cemeteries.

Wingnut,

October 17, 2009 - 19:02 ET by UpNorth

exactly right. Soulman Young was a racist in the class of our elected Dear Reader, just more outspoken about it. And, no, that isn't racist, that's what the people in Detroit called him. To differentiate him from anyone else named Coleman Young, apparently.

And, Bing is doomed to failure before he really gets started. There aren't any more auto plants, and no new ones coming in. No manufacturer in his right mind will gamble on the "workforce" currently residing there. And, contrary to the governor's claims, they won't be building auto batteries, windmills or anything else there. It's just a big, big hole in the ground that's sucking all of the money out of this state.

So, you're right, it'll go downhill until all that's left are cemeteries and burned-out, abandoned buildings.

First of all, I listen to

October 17, 2009 - 05:06 ET by jdhawk

First of all, I listen to Rush almost daily. He is part of my workout routine. That is, I am a Rush 24/7 listener. I work during the day, so I can't listen to his live broadcast. So, I download it each evening and listen to him on my MP3 player while jogging the next morning.

Rush is the preeminent political commentator of our time. If you want to find out what the hottest national political issues are of the day, tune into Rush. He will give you both sides of the story with the added benefit of why conservatives should think it is important and why it goes with or against conservative political thought.

Nevertheless, I have to criticize Rush as I have this web site. He does not nor does this web site promote those that are actually in the fight. That is, conservatives holding political office. For example, how many times has Rush or this web site highlighted the authors of conservative healthcare legislation or the numerous amendments that have been put forth by brave and heroic Republican legislators? The answer is few and far between.

Why is the above important? Answer me this. Where were the Republican legislators during the fight for Rush to buy a minority interest in a football team? There were certainly prominent leftist legislators touting the lies and innuendo to ensure failure of Rush's bid. This web site chronicled some of them. Behind the scenes I am sure there were many more.

The point is without Rush, this web site and the many conservative commentators highlighting the many heroes in public life that attempt to stand up for conservative values, is it any wonder you don't hear from them when needed? Beware NB; your time will come, too.

President Obama Warned Republicans

October 17, 2009 - 06:36 ET by BondPlainBond

New York Post [Edited to Correct Source Name]
January 26, 2009

President Obama warned Republicans on Capitol Hill today that they need to quit listening to radio king Rush Limbaugh if they want to get along with Democrats and the new administration.

Well, Of Course He Did.

October 18, 2009 - 17:06 ET by Kimberly

It's because Obama doesn't understand that, in order to understand the way the way most intelligent Americans (read: non-Liberals) think, you have to listen to Rush Limbaugh. If you don't, you have no idea how to counter criticism against you. Even Bill Clinton admitted he listened to Rush (though he never used the exact words) because he was constantly trying to counter things Limbaugh said about him.

I tried to apply to the White House as the White House Conservative Czar. Seriously. My application said that I could be the most useful staffer President Obama could ever have, because I was a Conservative (not a "Republican", though I do vote that way because they produce Conservative candidates) and I could help him determine how best to understand and reach out to the millions of Americans who didn't vote for him and wouldn't support his policies because of his extreme left positions. Obviously, I never got a callback, because Barry O's still fumbling around out there, clueless as his popularity rating falls through the floor.

In all seriousness, Barry O needs someone in his administration who can help him understand that Americans, on the whole, are Conservative and do not want to become a Third World or Old European nation (those two items are becoming the same these days), or he will be a one-term president. Maybe that's his plan: Destroy the country in four years and then flee for some tax haven with all the money he's stowed away from his book sales, campaign contributions, etc.

The common fallacy

October 17, 2009 - 07:29 ET by Ankharan

is that it is "BLIND" as the headline suggests. It is NOt and never had been blind. It is calculated.

Likewise I hate the very concept of today's liberalism. Onthe surface the word has meaning and power and validity what it has been turned into is another story altogether.

We are a republic for a reason. Our founders knew the reasons as they had lived through those reasons.

Freedom never tasted so sweet and cheerished so much except by those it has been denied to and then acquire it.

It is the one chip that liberals continue to toss into the ante to try and up the stakes of whatever they are trying to promote and be damned the freedom you loose so long as they get their agenda passed.